Discover the Best of Turkish Home Textiles
NEW YORK – Calling all textile devotees! Over 60 Turkish textile manufacturers will be displaying the best of Turkish home textiles March 28-29 from 9am to 6pm at the Metropolitan Pavilion, located at 125 West 18 Street in New York. Attendance… Read more.March 9, 2004
Cambridge Weavers Shakes Up Staid Axminster Business
HANOVER, Germany-Cambridge Weavers, a new division of Oriental Weavers Group, is gearing up to attain a $250 million share of the Axminster woven hospitality business within the next 10 years. Oriental Weavers owner Mohamed Farid Khamis said… Read more.March 8, 2004
Purcell International Forges Ahead
HICKORY, North Carolina - Like many in the home furnishings and textile arena, Purcell International has waged an uphill battle to overcome the current economic slump. But owner Andrew Purcell is determined, through excellence in service and… Read more.March 8, 2004
London Fabric Attracts 700+ Visitors This Year
LONDON - The fourth edition of London Fabric took place from 24 to 26 February 2004 at the stylish Commonwealth Institute in West London. Forty companies from 12 countries exhibited at the UK's only manufacturer's show targeted at upholstery… Read more.March 8, 2004
Ashley Wilde Wins Over $600,000 in Copyright Damages
LONDON - Textile manufacturer Ashley Wilde Group Limited won $600,715 in damages from Turkish textile firms Bahar Dosem and Kocaklar after the London High Court ruled February 16 that they had plagiarized Ashley Wilde designs. ''I am delighted… Read more.March 8, 2004
KKR Seals Deal To Buy Sealy
NEW YORK - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a New York investment firm, announced yesterday it would buy Sealy Corp., the worlds biggest bedding manufacturer, from a group of private equity investors led by Bain Capital for $1:5 billion, the New… Read more.March 5, 2004
Carl Ross Spills Secret To Staying Hip During Hospitality Slump
MIAMI - A veteran of the hospitality industry, Carl Ross is one of the lucky few designers who have managed to expand business even during the industry's sluggish periods. Wide-eyed and beaming, he shifts to the edge of his seat at the Royal… Read more.March 2, 2004
Joan's McCallum Closes World's Largest Jacquard Plant in Fall River
LOWELL, Mass. - Joan Fabrics Corp. owner Elkin McCallum began a gut-wrenching restructuring of his upholstery mills this summer that included the October closing of a 300,000-square-foot jacquard plant in Fall River, Mass. McCallum laid off… Read more.March 2, 2004
